Name ____________________________________ Date _____________ Period _________
Significant Battles of the American Revolution
Date
April 1775
Battle
Lexington & Concord
May 1775
Ticonderoga
June 1775
Breed’s Hill (Bunker)
July 1776
New York City
December 1776
Trenton
January 1777
Princeton
October 1777
Saratoga
Sept. 1777
Germantown & Brandywine Creek
February 1778
Monmouth
February 1779
Fort Vincenes
October 1781
Yorktown
Significance/Result
First Blood Shed, gives colonist
spark and reason for separation from
GB.
First legitimate victory for the US.
Valuable supplies and cannons are
moved to Boston.
Gen. Howe takes command of GB
Forces traps Washington on L.I. But
he escapes trough fog to White
Plains.
Gen. Howe and Redcoats take
Philadelphia sending many of the
Continental Congress to evacuate.
Name ____________________________________ Date _____________ Period _________
Significant Battles of the American Revolution
Date
April 1775
Battle
Lexington & Concord
May 1775
Ticonderoga
June 1775
Breed’s Hill (Bunker)
July 1776
New York City
December 1776
Trenton
January 1777
Princeton
October 1777
Saratoga
Sept. 1777
Germantown & Brandywine Creek
February 1778
Monmouth
February 1779
Fort Vincenes
October 1781
Yorktown
Significance/Result
First Blood Shed, gives colonist
spark and reason for separation from
GB.
First legitimate victory for the US.
Valuable supplies and cannons are
moved to Boston.
450 US men & 1,000 Redcoats KIA.
King proclaims the colonists are
rebels and orders naval blockade.
Gen. Howe takes command of GB
Forces traps Washington on L.I.
But he escapes trough fog to White
Plains.
Over Confident Gen. Howe sends
1,300 Hessians to watch Rebels. Ice
soaked crossing of the Delaware on
Xmas catches Hessians by surprise.
Washington engages 3 regiments
forcing them to withdraw , then
escapes to Morristown for the
winter.
American Spirits are Revived
US foils three part plan to split
colonies. Gen. Burgoyne surrenders
6,000 troops.
Gen. Howe and Redcoats take
Philadelphia sending many of the
Continental Congress to evacuate.
Washington’s Army emerges out of
Valley Forge a well trained Army.
Washington legitimate Hero &
leader
Lt.Col Rogers Clark marched 150
miles to clear GB out of Western
lands.
Surrender of Gen. Cornwallis. Aided
by Adm. De Grasse & French fleet
British begin Peace talks.
Name ____________________________________ Date _____________ Period _________